# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=709 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 710 --- ## [Ashley Madison data breach - You going to check?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-madison-data-breach-you-going-to-check/728230)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-madison-data-breach-you-going-to-check/728230 "2015-08-28T17:30:34Z")
Apparently the identities of cheating spouses using the Ashley Madison site that was hacked have been posted. Simple question: You going to check for your spouse? --- ## [Accouting service for the elderly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accouting-service-for-the-elderly/728870)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accouting-service-for-the-elderly/728870 "2015-08-28T17:30:24Z")
My father is getting old and I would like to find some sort of accounting service that would take over his bills and other finances. I also dont trust him to do online bill paying and banking since he’s always losing his… --- ## [Buy buy buy buy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726 "2015-08-28T15:02:48Z")
What a lovely market-correction Monday. What are you buying? I am supplementing my current holdings in Disney, Tesla Motors, Con. Edison, and Kinder Morgan. And acquiring another large chunk of my Vanguard S&P 500 index… --- ## ["Inside" v. "Outside" analysis of multiple stars/single stars, compared to...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-v-outside-analysis-of-multiple-stars-single-stars-compared-to/729081)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-v-outside-analysis-of-multiple-stars-single-stars-compared-to/729081 "2015-08-28T14:22:36Z")
Here is a list of the nearest stars/multiples nearest our Solar System: (Sun) Alpha Centauri A, B, C Barnard’s Wolf 359 Lalande 21185 Sirius A, B (I’ve left off a couple of Brown Dwarfs.) Now, let me define star… --- ## [The non-judgment of ISIS thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-judgment-of-isis-thread/728145)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-judgment-of-isis-thread/728145 "2015-08-28T05:53:23Z")
You’ve heard the advice: “Judge not.” “Love thine enemy.” Well, what if the enemy is ISIS? What does one say? I can think of points like: these are mostly young guys, under 30. Plenty of them have lived through wars and… --- ## [Celebrity trivia you like that isn't worth it's own thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-trivia-you-like-that-isnt-worth-its-own-thread/316546)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-trivia-you-like-that-isnt-worth-its-own-thread/316546 "2015-08-28T00:06:14Z")
This may be more Cafe Society, but since it’s by definition pointless I’ll keep it here. What are some celebrity tidbits you like to share that you rarely have the opportunity to. I’ll keep it to celebrities (which c… --- ## [I'm going to Denver! What should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-denver-what-should-i-do/729027)
**Author:** [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-denver-what-should-i-do/729027 "2015-08-27T23:37:19Z")
(Besides the legal weed :slight\_smile: ) I’m going to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival! Long story short, I’m going to be on my own with nothing to do for one day (a Friday). I won’t have a car, so try to k… --- ## [Help me pick a 2-3 day road trip from Madison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-2-3-day-road-trip-from-madison/729097)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-2-3-day-road-trip-from-madison/729097 "2015-08-27T22:14:32Z")
Imagine an 800 mile circle around Madison. I want to see a cool thing, or maybe some cool things reasonably close to each other. I want to drive there one day, see it the next, and drive home the next, or if whatever t… --- ## [The getting-things-done-in-real-life motivation thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-getting-things-done-in-real-life-motivation-thread/728125)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-getting-things-done-in-real-life-motivation-thread/728125 "2015-08-27T22:00:54Z")
I’m sure I’m the only SDMB member who has this issue, but I procrastinate. In fact, I use this very message board as an excuse not to do the shit I need to do. I have other tools as well, but this one is a biggie. I’ve … --- ## [Ask the Poly person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-poly-person/728291)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-poly-person/728291 "2015-08-27T21:10:27Z")
Given the news about the data dump from the Ashley Madison site, and the current prominence of the subject of non-monogamy in the public consciousness, it seems timely to start this thread, one I’ve wanted to start for … --- ## [I fought the Google and ... I WON](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-the-google-and-i-won/728410)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-the-google-and-i-won/728410 "2015-08-27T17:01:03Z")
About two years ago, I was cruising around on Google Maps, and I decided to zoom in to the small town where my parents grew up, and where I lived, briefly, in my infancy. My grandparents (and also my great-grandfather) … --- ## [Hey It's National Dog Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-national-dog-day/728977)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-national-dog-day/728977 "2015-08-27T15:06:20Z")
Purely coincidental but we just got ourselves a new dog yesterday from the Anti-Cruelty society. It was a whirlwind few days for Delilah as she came up to Chicago from Oklahoma, got to the pound on Saturday where we firs… --- ## [A Plethora of Animal Penis Pictures -- arguanly NSFW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plethora-of-animal-penis-pictures-arguanly-nsfw/729051)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plethora-of-animal-penis-pictures-arguanly-nsfw/729051 "2015-08-27T13:07:40Z")
This can be construed as NSFW, if your workplace frowns on depictions of mollusk genitals and the like. --- ## ["Batman" is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-is-dead/728093)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-is-dead/728093 "2015-08-27T12:19:18Z")
The 51yo Marylander who dressed up as Batman, drove a customized Lamborghini Batmobile and visited children in hospitals and such… …was hit by a car and killed on Sunday night. He had stopped at a gas station in his Ba… --- ## [First person whose name we know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-person-whose-name-we-know/728821)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-person-whose-name-we-know/728821 "2015-08-27T11:35:43Z")
I KNOW we’ve discussed this before on this Board, but it showed up on someone’s blog today: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/19/whos-the-first-person-in-history-whose-name-we-know/ I would’ve thought th… --- ## [Another Pub Idiot - Alien base underwater in Malibu, CA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pub-idiot-alien-base-underwater-in-malibu-ca/729009)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pub-idiot-alien-base-underwater-in-malibu-ca/729009 "2015-08-27T04:38:26Z")
I am no longer able to deal with the CTs and the idiots that spread the stories. This guy keeps coming in the bar trying to convince people that the google earth shot of a dome-shaped underwater dune is real. Aliens are … --- ## [Competitive eating?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-eating/728593)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-eating/728593 "2015-08-27T03:10:26Z")
So I am procrastinating on a Sunday morning and aimlessly surfing the web (in other words: pretty much what I do every day of the week). I stumble upon a Wikipedia list called: List of competitive eaters One click away… --- ## [Siri's not so smart...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siris-not-so-smart/728994)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siris-not-so-smart/728994 "2015-08-26T23:53:14Z")
This could lead to a general “stupid things your computer did” or “my GPS got me lost” or “humorous auto-corrects”. Or it could be very short – enjoy this anecdote. I have an iTunes radio station defined for one of my … --- ## [Thanks for putting up with me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-putting-up-with-me/728587)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-putting-up-with-me/728587 "2015-08-26T23:44:10Z")
25,000 posts in roughly fifteen years. Close to the word count of War and Peace, without managing to contribute anything significant to nearly every thread I posted in. This board has been a source of comfort when I’m … --- ## [Judging others, smuggness and snobbery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-others-smuggness-and-snobbery/728515)
**Author:** [@Corporal\_Nobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Nobbs)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-others-smuggness-and-snobbery/728515 "2015-08-26T23:42:08Z")
You see it quite a lot here and other sites. ‘Oh I read the classics, you would never catch me reading that!’ or ‘She watches soaps and reality tv’ These sort of statements really annoy me. Why do people feel the need to… --- ## [Man starts fire to get rid of smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-starts-fire-to-get-rid-of-smoke/728896)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-starts-fire-to-get-rid-of-smoke/728896 "2015-08-26T19:20:31Z")
This weekend, smoke from all the wildfires burning to the east in Oregon and Washington blew into Portland. So one enterprising gentleman decided to try lighting a fire on the floor of his apartment. In a shocking deve… --- ## [Your whole family is at a party. Who is MOST LIKELY to make a drunken, sloppy mess of themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-whole-family-is-at-a-party-who-is-most-likely-to-make-a-drunken-sloppy-mess-of-themselves/728431)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-whole-family-is-at-a-party-who-is-most-likely-to-make-a-drunken-sloppy-mess-of-themselves/728431 "2015-08-26T16:34:40Z")
You don’t have to name names, but you can if you want in order to differentiate between family members that are the same thing to you. Me, I’d say either my cousin Andy or my cousin Bobby. Andy has been known to hit the… --- ## [Bum looker: has this ever happened to any of you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bum-looker-has-this-ever-happened-to-any-of-you/728784)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bum-looker-has-this-ever-happened-to-any-of-you/728784 "2015-08-26T16:11:16Z")
This evening I was getting ready to leave restaurant when a woman gave me a very dirty look because she saw me checking out a woman’s butt. And I definitely was, very blatantly. The thing is, the butt I was checking ou… --- ## [NK Subs Vanish--\<2X Artillery Units On Border.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nk-subs-vanish-2x-artillery-units-on-border/728630)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nk-subs-vanish-2x-artillery-units-on-border/728630 "2015-08-26T15:44:14Z")
70% of North Korea’s submarine fleet can’t be found by the World. Rapid escalation of artillery & other forces along the border. South Korean diplomats describe the negotiations as a farce. This is the worst it has … --- ## [Are there any real 7th sons of 7th sons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-7th-sons-of-7th-sons/727121)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-7th-sons-of-7th-sons/727121 "2015-08-26T01:55:58Z")
Folklore holds that a 7th son of a 7th son has “special powers.” I am just wondering if there are any real-life examples of such an occurrence. Clearly it would be rare, especially today with smaller families more co… --- ## [Body of woman, 25, stolen from casket in broad daylight in Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583 "2015-08-26T00:37:55Z")
Ok, this is just bizarre. Maybe she broke out and walked off? :stuck\_out\_tongue: What possible reason would anyone have to do something like this? I’ve heard of grave robbers. They are usually after jewelry or other… --- ## ["I;m not feeling well, Dave" -- NCSU invents puking machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-not-feeling-well-dave-ncsu-invents-puking-machine/728822 "2015-08-25T21:13:38Z")
Science marches disgustingly on. --- ## [You were concerned more with law and order. You're now concerned more for justice. Do you exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-concerned-more-with-law-and-order-youre-now-concerned-more-for-justice-do-you-exist/728837)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-concerned-more-with-law-and-order-youre-now-concerned-more-for-justice-do-you-exist/728837 "2015-08-25T21:12:18Z")
I am looking for stories of people who, at least in part because of a number of reasoned discussions over some period of time (perhaps even years), moved eventually from a more “law and order” oriented view of socio-poli… --- ## [Big price drops on 128 gig SDXC micro cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793 "2015-08-25T20:50:50Z")
When I bought one for my camera a while back, it was the biggest card you could get. I think I spent $109. Until a couple of weeks ago, I don’t think I saw a price lower than maybe $70. All the sudden there’s a number… --- ## [You won't believe this one simple Word trick!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-believe-this-one-simple-word-trick/728840)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-believe-this-one-simple-word-trick/728840 "2015-08-25T19:52:09Z")
(…couldn’t resist titling the thread that way, sorry.) One of the things that has bugged me about every word processor I’ve ever used, but one, is that when you close a document you lose all your session info. The excep… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=708) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=710)